Stall-guard for animals.



UNITED" STATES PATENT orrIoE.'

LOUIS mscniviinr, or Two RIVERS, wisconsin.'

STLL-GUARD. FOR ANIMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Paten-rea Dec. 24,1912.-

ap'piieauon sied July 17,' 1912. seriai- No. masas.

To allwiom 'it may concern.:

Be itv knownth'at I, Louis J. SCHMIDT,- a

'citizen of the United States, and resident 'Clare that. the tollowinov isa full, clear, and

bar of an animal stall equipment for pre- .venting the stabled cows from soiling their animals of different sizes.

. forward in the stall at such times. l

vthe droppings will fall into said gutter, but

stalls, 'another object being to provide means for adjust-ing said device to accommodate It is an established fact that when a cow is about to evacuate she moves forward in the stall and assumes. a position with the head at an elevation and the back slightly bowed. Toaccommodate this shortened position of the animal the space betweenthe head end. of the' stall and the dropping 25.

trough or gutter are ordinarily inadequite short for the reason that the animal moves Thus by shortening the stalls as stated when the animal lies down its rump will overhang' the' trough or gutter, whereby its position of rest is rendered awkward and uncomfortable. Hence it isquite desirable toconstruct stallsv for cows that are ot normal .length in order that they 'may lie 'comfort-l ably therein and with my device this can beettected as the. ai'iparatus in question,

`whereby itinay assume its normal humped position for the purpose stated.

With the above objects n viewthe invention 'consists ii. certain ,peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as set forth hereinafter with reference ,to the accompanying Vdrawings andl subsequently claimed.

."rii the drawings Figure 1 represents a secvtional elevation of an animal stall` equipped with a guard embodying the features of my invention, .the said guard being partly broken away and in section to more clearly Villustrate` its structural features and. is

'shown in approximately7 'the correct position vit would assume with relation to the. cow' that is illustrated, the saidcow. being confined by a stanchifon of any desired type, and

Fig. Q-,a detailed planview of the stall guard with a .portion of the stanchion 4or yoke-bar in connection therewith.

Referringbyt'characters to the drawings l represents a yoke-bar to which is connect"- ed a stanchion 2 of any desired type,and 3 represents the floor of the stall provided with theusual rearwardly disposed trough;

or gut-ter 3', .which gut-ter, as shown, is set back from the stall head a suilic'ientdistance to 'permit' the' cow to'V easily reclineiwithoi'it overhanging.

.Mounted upon the yoke-bar l. is a yoke, which yoke comprises a pair ot arms l'hav- .ing socket-heads-l that are litted-aboutthe yoke-bar and secured thereto by clips 5',

which .are held to the arms 'bymla-mping bolts 5, whereby thesaid arms may be adjusted and lsecurely held in such apljusted position. The outer ends of the arn sear'ry loopedstraps 6, vthrough which loops are litted legs 7 that extend from a transversely disposed throat-bar 8, the saine constituting a. lguard that is positioned just clear of the back of the animal as shown. The ends of the legs 7 engage straps- 9, which are slidably mounted upon the arms and when the legs'are tel-escoped with relation to the arms,- in order to bring thel throat-bar .in the desired position 'with relation to the back of the cow, these straps aresecured by setscrews 9. which set-screws are in threaded union with. the straps and adapted to iinpinge against the arms. members and throat member which comprise Thus the arm4 the voke'are rigidly'locked together and the angle of this yoke can be adjusted aboutthe yokebar by loosening the clamping bolts 5..v

From the foregoing description it lis apparentthat the animal is free to feed and recline without engaging the throat-bar ofv the guard. but should she assume a. humped position for the purpose as stated heretofore, she will strike the bar S and be compelled to move backward inthe stall so that 'her shoulders and neck are free vand in this backward position the rump ofthe -animal is It should also b'ewunderstood that- While- I have shown and described the yoke'or guard as being formedV from Hat strap meialft' is apparent Vthat the same `can be constructod from round iron or tubular se'ctions Without departing from the invention:

I daim:

A 'stall guard comprising yoke having a pair of arms provided with socketed heads adapted to be tted about a yoke-bar, dips.4

for securing said heads to -t-he yoke-bar, av

transvrsey disposed throat strap having straps-lier securing the legsv ,rind-'- arms i n-y telsco-plo union, .andv set-screws lcarried by In testimony tht' I 'la'm ,the foregoing 1@ Il have hereunto sety Imy 'hand at TJWO- Rivers in vche `countyof'Manitowoc'and State' of" Tisconsn in the p res'enceof two-witnesses,- 

